Subway travel a mess this weekend

Seven really was a lucky number Saturday — at least for subway riders.

The No. 7 line was the only one of more than 20 MTA routes that appeared to be running on its regular schedule.

Every other line had scheduled weekend work that forced trains to divert from their regular routes, skip stations, or crawl through construction zones carrying standing-roomonly crowds.

“The worst part about it is we plan to take a specific train to get to a place on time,’’ said frustrated straphanger Nicole Hodgins, who was waiting for a No. 4 train at the Wall Street station. “I have a party I’m going to right now and not only will I be late, but the station is so hot that I’m going to be sweaty as well.”

Rosa Martinez, 19, who was waiting on the Astor Place platform, complained, “I had to leave an hour and 15 minutes early to get to a place that’s literally half an hour away, and I was still worried I wasn’t going to get there on time.

“Thank you, MTA, for doing absolutely nothing right.’’

Ralph Strusinski, 43, of Harlem, summed it up this way: “I hate the MTA. They only want our money and never provide any true service.”

Tony Maggerino, 52, of Staten Island, who was biding his time waiting for an R train on the Whitehall Street station, railed at the delays. “I need to meet the idiots that hire the ‘engineers’ whose job is only to make sure this exact problem doesn’t happen. I need to go five stops. I might as well walk.”

Riders on Sunday can expect the same problems.

“The New York City subway is undergoing a massive amount of repair and renovation work to improve service, and this work has to happen,” said MTA spokesman Shams Tarek. “The bulk of it happens on nights and weekends when ridership is lowest.”